Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development within Music
Spiritual Development
Moral Development
Assembly songs chosen will give
children direction and message about
how to treat each other, issues in the
world and an appreciation for others.
Assembly songs chosen will give
children direction and message about
how to treat each other, issues in the
word and an appreciation for others.
Responses to music children are
exposed to music from all cultures and
times in history and encouraged to
explore their own responses to the
music. How does the music make them
feel and why?
Analysing composers work – by
learning about the stories that inspired
the work of composers the children
learn moral lesson - e.g. Peter and the
Wolf Saint-Saens.
Collective worship - singing gives
children the opportunity to take part in
a large joint experience which can be
uplifting.
Imagination - children are provided
with many opportunities to use their
imagination to create pieces of music.
Express themselves - children use
music to express their feelings and
emotions and see this as a different
way of communicating with others.
Social Development
Cultural Development
Performing together children are given
many opportunities to perform
together to create musical
compositions and performances. They
will need to employ skills of teamwork,
tolerance, turn taking and leadership.
Music from different cultures – Over
the course of the four-year music
units children gain extensive exposure
to music from different cultures.
Evaluation - there are many
opportunities for children to consider
the effectiveness of the work that
they have created and learn how to
give constructive feedback to improve
their own, and others’, performance.
Concentration - there are many
opportunities for children to develop
their listening skills over sustained
periods of time.
Confidence – Music as a subject is a
great way for children to improve their
confidence, an example of this would
be: The conductor game – children
have the opportunity to ‘control’ the
rest of the class and create a musical
sound picture.
School productions – Year 3 and Year
6 rehearse and perform a production
every year.
Music from different times – Over
the course of the four-year music
units children gain extensive exposure
to music from different times.
Outside musicians – children in Year 4
take part in an African drumming
workshop. Year 5, as part of their
science topic on ‘sound’ often have a
demonstration of how instruments
work from an outside musician.